Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine, having the power of expelling stone from the bladder or kidneys.
- noun A medicine formerly supposed to expel small calculi from the kidneys or bladder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine, archaic Any
medicine capable of expellingcalculous matter with theurine .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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mollusque commented on the word lithagogue
(adj.) causing the expulsion of calculi (stones) from the kidneys and bladder. (n.) a medicine that does this.
January 22, 2008
blafferty commented on the word lithagogue
Is this a superpower? (CD 1)
May 15, 2011